By request, I have made my second annual list of my favorite fine and decorative art books published within the last year. It is longer than before. These books reflect my personal taste, not the current zeitgeist.
I have tried to categorize them; but, I hasten to add, that if it pricks your curiosity, ignore my [...]
§849 · December 8, 2011 · Books, On the Shelf · 7 comments · Tags: 1890-1939, 1920-1950, A Catalogue Raisonne, A Closer Look: Frames, Adriaan Waiboer, Albertus Seba: Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, Alexandre Cabanel: The Tradition of Beauty, Andreas Bluhm, Angela Thirwell, Antoine Watteau: The Drawings, Antonio López García, Antonio López García: Paintings and Sculpture, Architecture and International Exhibitions in France, Art and the Early Photographic Album, Art Books 2011, Art in Renaissance Italy, Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Babriel Weisberg, Baghdad Arts Deco: Architectural Brickwork, Brian Webb, Caelilia Pieri, Caludia Swan, Caroline Oliver, Cassandra Albinson, Chinese Export Ceramics, Dalila Rodrigues, David Edge, David Jackson, Devotion by Design: Italian Altarpieces before 1500, Display and Art History: The Dusseldorf Gallery and Its Catalogue, Donald J. La Rocca, Dr Irmgard / Willmann Msch, Earthly Visions: Theology and the Challenges of Art, Edward Bawden's London, Edwin Becker, Elegance and Refinement: The Still-life Paintings of Willem van Aelst, EricStorm, Ex Libris: The Art of Bookplates, Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite Pioneer, Francisco Calvo Serraller, Gabriel Metsue: Life and Work, Gabriel von Max, Gary M. Radke, Germany and Spain, Great Works: 50 Paintings Explored, Illusions of Reality, Ilona Katzew, Inessa Kouteinikova, Irmgard Musch, Jacqueline Champeaux, James Clifton, Javier Barón, Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, Joe Earle, John T. Paoletti, José Luis Díez, Julian Treuherz, Julie Berger Hochstrasser, Karina Solovyeva, Katharine Park, Kathleen Froyen, Kenneth Bendiner, Larry Silver, Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, Lethal Elegance: The Art of the Samurai Sword, Libby Sheldon, Louis Marchesano, Louis-Antoine Prat, Lucy Pelz, Luisa Mengoni, Luke Syson, Mark Bills, Martin Hopkinson, Martina Bagnoli, Masterpieces of European Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection, Miguel Angel de Bunes Ibarra, Miguel Delibes, Neil Rhind, nicholas Penny, Nicola Bown, Olga Atroschenko, Paul Goldman, Peter Funnell, Peyton Skipwith, Pierre Rosenberg, Pieter Bruegel, Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Rainer Willmann, Relics and Devotion and Medieval Europe (The British Museum), Romanov Riches: Russian Writers and Artists Under the Tsars, Rose Kerr, Russia's Unknown Orient, Sally Woodcock, Scott Nethersole, Sir John Gilbert, Solomon Volkov, Spike Bucklow, Stephen Bann, Susan Dackerman, Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Tanya Paul, The Artist and the Warrior: Military History through the Eyes of the Masters, The Culture of Regionalism: Art, The History of Rome, The Invention of Glory: Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries, Theodore K. Rabb, Thomas Lawrence: Regency Power & Brilliance, Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Timothy J. Gorringe, Timothy Wilcox, Tobias Capwell, Tom Lubbock, Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Vivien Knight, Vladimir Bulatov, Willa Silverman, Yvan Maes de Wit